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Designgoat

Designgoat is an industrial design studio based in Dublin that creates experiences through products, spaces, furniture and food. Established in 2011, Designgoat has worked on a broad range of projects including self-directed products, commercial interiors and exhibition designs. The aim is always to deliver unique experiences for clients ranging from small start-ups to large international brands. Designgoat does much of the prototyping and manufacture on its projects in-house and has built close relationships with trusted local fabricators to realise its work.

Katie Sanderson

For the last ten years Katie Sanderson has been creating unique food experiences in spaces that are out of the ordinary: disused warehouses, galleries and a Wicklow rainforest. The common theme is a playfulness with location, with food and the way that it is served and enjoyed. Vegetables are the main feature and Katie likes to evolve recipes from the past and use seaweeds and other sea vegetables as an enhancing ingredient.

In The Hare, a collaboration with artist Fiona Hallinan, Katie created a moving vegetarian café that was structured to easily work within Temple Bar Gallery in Dublin’s historic centre. The Hare went on to be hosted in The Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris. In the summer of 2014 Katie and her partner Jasper O’Connor converted a boat shed on the water’s edge in Aughrusbeg, Connemara into a restaurant for the summer months, making a journey out to the far West of Ireland part of the experience of the meal.

Featured Work

A collection of tableware with various materials and finishes, all inspired by the food to be served on them.

Collaborative Process

The collaboration between Designgoat and Katie Sanderson has come from their discussions on process and experiences. They have developed a collection of objects that will be used to serve a collaborative dinner inspired by Irish food, sea and raw materials. The aim is to create an experience that is built up throughout 2015, growing with each show. The process of preparing the food, the materials used and the crafting of a unique experience all influence the tableware for each dish.